On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 08:21:57PM -0700, Troy Arnold wrote: > On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 07:28:10PM -0700, Brian Lavender wrote: > > How do I extract the contents of a deb package? I tried > > > > dpkg-deb -x . ossim-server_0.9.9-3_i386.deb > > dpkg-deb: error reading version number from file .: Is a directory > > > > Seems like this is what it ought to be from the man page, but it doesn't > > work. > > The man page has: > -x|--extract <deb> <directory> > > So to extract to the current directory: > $ dpkg-deb -x ossim-server_0.9.9-3_i386.deb . > > However, if you want the control files too, unarchive the deb with > /usr/bin/ar > $ ar x ossim-server_0.9.9-3_i386.deb
Thanks for clarifying my momentary dylseixa. :) brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
